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Old-fashioned mustard pickles with cauliflower florets and whole onions in a tangy turmeric-mustard dressing. A classic canning recipe for your pantry shelf.

A rustic blueberry pie baked right in a cast-iron skillet with a golden pastry lid and no bottom crust. Just 5 ingredients and 30 minutes from stove to table.

No-bake fudge oatmeal cookies with peanut butter, cocoa, and quick oats. Boil the chocolate base, stir in oats and peanut butter, drop onto wax paper, and they set in minutes.

A loaded BLT sandwich with a Southwestern spin, featuring crispy turkey bacon, peppery arugula, sharp cheddar, creamy avocado, and a zesty mayo-salsa spread on toasted Italian bread. Ready in 10 minutes.

A fragrant homemade Balti spice blend built from toasted coriander, cumin, cassia bark, fennel, black mustard seeds, cloves, and cardamom. Use it dry in curries or mix it into Balti masala paste for the real deal.

Pepperoni focaccia panini with garden vegetable cream cheese, provolone, tomato, and bell pepper, baked in foil until melty. Cut into wedges to share.

Deep plum pie with halved plums baked under overlapping pastry rounds, sweetened with brown and white sugar, warmed with cloves or cardamom and thickened with quick tapioca.

A light, brothy borscht of cabbage and beets simmered with carrot, celery, and tomato juice into a ruby-red, sweet-and-sour soup. Vegan, low in calories, and even better the next day.

Pork chops seared then simmered in a roasted poblano-cilantro sauce spiked with cumin and coriander. A fast, Southwest-style skillet dinner with mild smoky chile heat, on the table in about 20 minutes.

Shredded yellow summer squash seasoned with oregano, garlic, and chicken bouillon, then microwaved to crisp-tender in minutes. The fastest veggie side dish in your rotation.

Apple pudding cake with self-making sauce: a magic one-pan dessert where apples, batter, and boiling water bake together, separating into tender cake on top and silky pudding sauce underneath.

Homemade baby food blending cooked chicken, brown rice, ripe peach, and a sprinkle of wheat germ for a nutrient-rich first-foods meal. Quick to make and gentler on small tummies than store-bought.

Note: 15 bean mixtures are available packaged in supermarkets and health food stores. If you prefer, make your own by combining equal amounts of dried blackeyed peas, red kidney beans, white kidney beans (cannellini), green lentils, split peas, black beans, yellow split peas, navy beans, cranberry (Roman, shell, or shell out) beans, great Northern beans, pinto beans, small white limas, red lentils, cow peas (field peas), and pink beans. Avoid using beans such as garbanzos and large lima beans, as these take longer to cook than other varities.

Old-fashioned chocolate fudge made with unsweetened chocolate and evaporated milk using the soft-ball candy method. Creamy, dense, and ready in under an hour with an optional peanut butter swirl.

Two ingredients. Five minutes. Velveeta salsa dip stirred into hot pasta for an instant cheesy Mexican-style side dish. When you need dinner yesterday, this is the move.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this delicious fudge made with puffed rice cereal and seedless raisins.